SOUTH AFRICA.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 18, 22 January 1904, Page 3

SOUTH AFRICA.

TRANSVAAL'S LABOUR PROBLEM. CAPETOWN, .Urn. 20. The labour importation ondinamre ban been mad a lirsit time in Hie Legislature at "'reloriu. Received 22, ].(> a.m. LONDON. Jan. 21. The Globe regrets thiat instead of co-opc-rait ing with Hi.' Transvaal 'to hasten an increase ot' tlw gvtld siijjply to London in order to secure a lower rate of interest for future colonial ru.V.l other borrowers. Mr Unakin should appaivntl.v have felt rwnsttuined to conciliate labour at amy cost. The Times s-ays Mr Keakins message is milder than Mr Seddon's. and his language to his constituents meant less Hmn what his message said. Mr lienkin. as an advocate of a "While Australia," aiiul whose political position largely depends on liw la-liirtir i-tai'ty's attitude, could hurdly l,e expected to say lcs«. The prolesls—which could be taken for what I hey were worth—bud been nia«lv, and the excellence of their intention was acknowledged. The council at Pretoria might fairly regaud the incident as being for the la'i'e.iciit closed. A CAPE ELECTION. CAPETOWN, Jan. 21. Dr JajiMiion ami Mr Wood, progressives, have been elected for tlw Grabamutown seat in the Gape Legislative Assembly. Hon. A. Douglass, Commissioner for Works, was defeated.